CBT for Tinnitus E-Programme Part Two

Completed Tinnitus E-Programme Part 1?

Once you have completed Part One of the therapist-supported TEP Part One intervention, IF you need to use Part Two, you are entitled to 40% OFF the cost of Part Two!

It's like getting Part One for £1.00!

The full price of TEP Part Two - a fully comprehensive in-depth CBT for Tinnitus therapist-supported intervention online - is £435; BUT - with 40% OFF - it costs £260. You still get the one-to-one using Zoom and full email support throughout.

WHY HAVE I DONE THIS?

Because it felt to me that those of you still struggling and needing Part Two were being penalised. This way, you have had the benefit of using Part One for only £1.

HOW CAN YOU GET THE 40% OFF?

After working through the Therapist Supported TEP Part 1, sending in your Progress Checks module by module, and completing the End of Course measures (repeat THI, TFI and anxiety measure), I will send you a special code that gives you the 40% off this Part Two CBT for Tinnitus E-Programme.

TEP Part Two is very comprehensive. It walks you through using the CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) method - which for most people I find works on its own. BUT, in addition, you also have the advantage of using additional methods - in particular, those from ACT; and in particular in ACT, you will be able to learn how to "DEFUSE" particularly stubborn thoughts where you are still having them. There's more about this below so do read on.

Welcome to iCBT Training for Tinnitus!

Now you have completed the Tinnitus E-Programme through which you have learned to have more control over your Autonomic Nervous System (Limbic brain) that has enabled you to feel more in control, you are in a position to take more control of your reaction towards your tinnitus.

This is because you have altered the neurochemical balance between 'arousal' and parasympathetic activity in your body and brain.

It is now time to address the third, equally if not more powerful element of you that is your mind: what is it that you "think", "feel" and "believe" - consciously AND unconsciously within your subconscious.

Working with me, Debbie Featherstone, a highly experienced tinnitus specialist Hearing Therapist and psychotherapist, this online iCBT (internet-based CBT) course offers cognitive behavioural therapy training that gives you the opportunity to "train your thinking" so that you take control of the thoughts, emotions and reactions that have been behind your distress, worries, fears and anxiety of tinnitus.

Provided as iCBT, I can deliver it at a fraction of the cost of full one to one therapy, and to many, many more people than I could possibly fit in to my clinics. The course fee includes email support and one 1-1 online appointment using Zoom. Additional appointments can be booked on request.

Examples of what you'll learn on this training

GOALS

You know where you have reached in terms of your measurable Outcomes through having completed the THI and other questionnaires at the beginning and the end of the Tinnitus E-Programme.

But what is it that you want to achieve through the remainder of the process?

Early on in this CBT course, you will learn how to identify your goals using the SMART method! To make sure they work for you, your goals need to be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and be Timebound.

COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS

What are they? Small question - BIG answer! We all use them SUB-consciously and they are powerful! They are the building blocks upon which we base our perception of what is going on around us, who we are, who others are, how we are.... how we feel and what we think we know. You began learning about them in Part One of the Tinnitus E-Programme.

In truth, they are the foundation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy training. In Part Two, I have written about them specifically geared around Tinnitus.

COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING & REFRAMING

From learning about the Cognitive Distortions that you use, you can begin to restructure and reframe beliefs, thoughts and behaviour.

This is the part of the course where you will need most 1-1 help from me. A lot of it is done via email feedback on records you complete and send to me electronically. The course fee includes one 1-1 session using Zoom, but there is also the choice to book additional sessions using Zoom if you want them. My normal hourly fee is £150 per hour, but add-on sessions here cost only £90. You may find that you need an additional 1-1 with me so if you do, you can request one direct from the course or arrange it directly with me.

SEE ADDITIONAL OTHER COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES

There is a brief look at REBT (Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy) - there's a great strategy in REBT called ABC that helps towards restructuring and reframing.

There is a deeper look at ACT (Acceptance & Commitment Therapy) - a later model of cognitive therapy that is extremely helpful in addressing those particularly stubborn "thoughts and feelings" that keep coming back. This does NOT happen for everyone. In my experience, using the main CBT model model works for most people - probably 90% or more. However, it's really important to me that everyone coming to the Tinnitus E-Programme has access to only the very best and latest help there is.

A key aspect of ACT is DEFUSION. In ACT, the term “fusion” is used to mean that a thought and the thing it refers to - the story and the event - become stuck together, as one. In a state of fusion, it seems as if:

Thoughts are reality — what we’re thinking is actually happening, here and now

Thoughts are the truth — we completely believe them

Thoughts are important — we take them seriously and give them our full attention

Thoughts are orders — we automatically obey them

Thoughts are wise - we assume they know best, and we follow their advice

Thoughts can be threats — some thoughts can be deeply disturbing or frightening, and we feel the need to get rid of them

In ACT, DEFUSION enables a reduction in the POWER of the words you use in your thoughts leading to a reduction in the strength of the feelings/emotions they cause.

So there is A LOT in TEP Part Two. I know there is nothing else like it available so I really hope you will use it.